6054. Foreign Medicinal Weights

6054. Foreign Medicinal Weights.

The following are divided as our Apothecaries' weight: The pound of Austria weighs 6482.42 grains; Bavaria, 5556.24; Holland, 5787.75; Lubec, 5697.09; Nuremberg (German pound), 5522.96; Poland, 5533.25; Prussia, 5113.99; Sweden, 5498.01; Venice (sottile), 4649.17.

The division of the following differs in the scruple being divided into 24 grains: Bologna, 5026.32; Lucca, 5162.67; Modena, 5254.61; Parma, 5062.35; Portugal, 5312.23; Rome, 5233.25; Spain, 5325.84; Tuscany, 5240.49; Piedmont (Turin), 5123.49. The Naples pound contains 5490.63 Troy grains; the ounce

6055. Foreign Money, Weights

6055. Foreign Money, Weights, and contains 10 drachms; the scruple 20 grains.

The old Paris pound was divided into 16 ounces; the scruple into 24 grains. The pound by which drugs are weighed in Turkey is the Tchegy, equal to 4957 grains, and is divided into 100 drachms, each drachm into 16 killos, and each killo into 4 grains.

The obolo is half a Spanish scruple; 3 sili-cua make 1 obolo, and 4 grains a silicua.

The commercial pound in several countries differs from the pharmaceutical. The civil pound of Bavaria and mark of Vienna are each about 19$ avoirdupois ounces. That of Holland is the French kilogram, or 12 grains more than 2 pounds 31/4 ounces avoirdupois. The mark is half a kilogram. The Coburg commercial pound is nearly 18 ounces avoirdupois.

The unit of the British India system of weights is the tola, equal to 180 Troy grains. 32 tolas are equal to 1 pound Troy. The maund is equal to 100 Troy ounces.

Measures, Compared with American.